Operation Dawn 2

Operation Dawn 2
	Part of Iran–Iraq War – the Northern Front
Date	22–24 July 1983; (3 days)
Location	Iraqi Kurdistan
Territorial; changes	Iran captures strategic Haj Omran highlands
Belligerents
Iraq	Iran; Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
Commanders and leaders
	Hujjat-ul-Islam Mostafa Raddanipoor † (commander of 14th Imam Hossein Division); Mahmoud Kaveh (commander of 155th Shohada Special Brigade); Massoud Barzani; See #Order of battle for more
Units involved
See #Order of battle	See #Order of battle
Strength
24 infantry battalions; 4 commando and special forces battalions; 4 border guard battalions	Pasdaran:; 16 infantry battalions; Army:; 6 infantry battalions; 1 mechanized battalion; 1,500 militiamen; KDP:; 800 Peshmerga
Casualties and losses
	Several thousand killed

Operation Dawn 2 or Operation Valfajr-2 (Persian: عملیات والفجر 2) was an Iranian operation during the eight-year-long Iran–Iraq War. This operation opened a new front in northern Iraq/Iraqi Kurdistan also known as "the Northern Front". Despite Turkish help, this region was Iraq's weak point during the war as the Kurds sided with Iran.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press, 2015. p. 249-250. ISBN 978-0674915718.
^ "والفجر 2 | دفاع‌مقدس". Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
^ "گزارش رسمی عملیات والفجر 2 | دفاع‌مقدس". Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
^ The First Gulf War (Iran and Iraq at War in the 1980s)

[Razeoux-1] Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press, 2015. p. 249-250. ISBN 978-0674915718.

[defamoghaddas-2] "والفجر 2 | دفاع‌مقدس". Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-07-13.

[3] "گزارش رسمی عملیات والفجر 2 | دفاع‌مقدس". Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-07-13.

[dunn-4] The First Gulf War (Iran and Iraq at War in the 1980s)

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